# Cāttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 39

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00286

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00286.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!⟨yē⟩ntira-paru⟨2⟩maṟku mu-p-patt’ oṉpat-āvatu

⟨3⟩ vāṇa-kō-¡A!⟨v-a⟩raicaru maru-makkaḷ po⟨4⟩ṟṟokkaiyār carukkirunta-Ūr
pō⟨5⟩ntai mēṟ cakkaravaru paṭai vanta ñā⟨6⟩ṉṟu nākkaiyār iḷa-makaṉ
vattāva⟨7⟩ṉ makaṉ ṉan⟨8⟩(ti Eṟi)ntu paṭṭā⟨9⟩ṉ kal

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tirthy-ninth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–9⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Nandin, the son of Vattāvaṉ ¿⟨and⟩? ¿the
younger son? (iḷa-makaṉ) of Nākkaiyār, he who fell fighting (eṟintu)
when Poṟṟokkaiyār ¿⟨and⟩? ¿the people? (maru-makkaḷ) ⟨of⟩ the royal Bāṇa
king marched (vanta[2]) ¿⟨with⟩? the army ⟨of⟩ Cakkaravar upon Pōntai
¿⟨in⟩ carukk-irunta-Ūr?.

## Commentary

Poṟṟokkaiyār is mentioned in another inscription.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/35). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 286).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/35.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 678,
item 286.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Literally “went”.